International Business News - YGE http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif Following is a summary of top stories in the energy sector Thursday afternoon. Crude Settles Over $145 Ahead of Holiday http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080703/energy-sector-roundup-oil-heads-higher.htm Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:46:19 EDT Yingli Green Energy Holding Co. Ltd., which makes solar products, said Thursday it received a contract from Belgium-based Enfinity Management BVBA to supply solar modules. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080703/belgian-company-buying-solar-modules-from-yingli.htm Thu, 03 Jul 2008 08:12:45 EDT Shares solar cell maker Trina Solar Ltd. fell Tuesday, joining a decline among most other Chinese solar energy companies. Goldman Sachs analyst Jason Channell, citing "cash flow concerns" in a client note, moved Trina shares to his "Conviction Sell" list from a "Neutral" rating, and slashed his price target to $23 from $38. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080701/sector-snap-chinese-solar-energy-companies-fall.htm Tue, 01 Jul 2008 10:45:48 EDT Yingli Green Energy Holding Co. Ltd., a China-based maker of solar energy products, said Thursday it received four contracts from two German customers. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080626/yingli-green-energy-gets-4-solar-module-contracts.htm Thu, 26 Jun 2008 07:39:17 EDT Shares of solar companies ticked higher Monday as analysts become more optimistic about prospects for global growth in demand for solar energy products. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080616/sector-snap-solar-stocks-up-on-buoyant-demand.htm Mon, 16 Jun 2008 15:23:01 EDT Solar stocks fell Wednesday as analysts said solar cell makers with heavy exposure to silicon prices or the Spanish market could be at risk. Calyon Securities analyst George Kotzias said in a client note that so-called thin-film technology stands to gain on silicon--long the key ingredient in solar cells--because thin-film technology is less expensive than silicon. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080604/sector-snap-solar-companies-fall.htm Wed, 04 Jun 2008 16:40:07 EDT Solar energy ADRs mostly fell in Tuesday afternoon trading despite recent consolidation news that has energized the burgeoning industry. Robert Bosch GmbH, the world's largest auto parts supplier, said Monday it would pay $850 million, a steep premium, for Germany's ersol Solar Energy. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080603/adrs-in-focus-solar-companies-mostly-slide.htm Tue, 03 Jun 2008 14:20:38 EDT Among the premarket stories for Monday, June 2, from AP Financial News: NEW YORK (AP)--A Friedman Billings Ramsey analyst expects larger profits for Progressive as Americans cut back on their driving, lowering the amount of accident claims the insurer has to pay. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080602/premarket-roundup-progressive-imclone.htm Mon, 02 Jun 2008 09:42:00 EDT Shares of Yingli Green Energy Holding Co. advanced in premarket trading Monday after Citi Investment Research said the company will benefit from a smaller-than-expected cut in solar subsidies in Germany. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080602/ahead-of-the-bell-yingli-climbs-as-citi-upgrades.htm Mon, 02 Jun 2008 08:17:00 EDT China-based Yingli Green Energy Holding Co. Ltd., which makes photovoltaic products, said Friday it signed a sales contract with S.A.G. Solarstrom Vertriebsgesellschaft mbH, a solar power company. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080530/yingli-green-energy-signs-sales-contract.htm Fri, 30 May 2008 18:23:05 EDT Chinese solar module maker Yingli Green Energy Holding Co. Ltd. said Wednesday it will buy polysilicon from Sailing New Energy Resources Co. Ltd. Terms of the supply contract were not disclosed. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080528/yingli-green-energy-reveals-polysilicon-purchase.htm Wed, 28 May 2008 13:59:11 EDT China-based solar cell maker Yingli Green Energy Holding Co. Ltd. said Thursday its first-quarter profit increased nearly 20-fold on higher demand from western Europe and the U.S. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080515/1q-profit-of-solar-cell-maker-yingli-green-surges.htm Thu, 15 May 2008 09:23:44 EDT Solar cell maker Yingli Green Energy Holding Co. Ltd. said Friday it signed a contract to sell photovoltaic modules to Japan's Eiko Trading Corp. for use in Germany. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080502/chinas-yingli-green-energy-in-solar-cell-contract-with-eiko.htm Fri, 02 May 2008 09:24:39 EDT Solar-power stocks opened higher on Monday, as several reports of potential corporate deals and investments led to general market optimism. A report in The Wall Street Journal said Washington Mutual... http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080407/opening-glance-solar-stocks-open-higher.htm Mon, 07 Apr 2008 09:56:58 EDT Chinese solar cell maker Yingli Green Energy Holding Co. said Thursday it signed sales contracts with two South Korean energy companies, marking its entry into the country's solar market. Under the... http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080403/yingli-signs-2-korean-sales-contracts.htm Thu, 03 Apr 2008 08:04:13 EDT Trina Solar Ltd. led the solar-power sector higher on Wednesday after the company reported an eight-year polysilicon supply agreement. Trina gained $3.22, or 9.8 percent, to $35.97 in morning tradin... http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080402/sector-snap-trina-leads-solar-higher.htm Wed, 02 Apr 2008 11:41:56 EDT Solar-power stocks rose sharply Tuesday amid a broad market rally, as investors became optimistic that the worst of the credit crisis has passed. Here is how some key solar stocks fared Tuesday: Ca... http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080401/closing-glance-solar-stocks-hold-rally.htm Tue, 01 Apr 2008 16:10:15 EDT Yingli Green Energy Holding Co. said Tuesday a solar-power project in Spain has been completed using its modules. Yingli provided modules with 9.5 megawatts of annual generating capacity for the Installation Solar Villar De Canas 2 project in Cuenca, Spain. The Chinese solar product maker was the sole supplier for the project, which was undertaken by Control y Montages Industriales CYMI SA. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080401/yingli-modules-used-in-spanish-project.htm Tue, 01 Apr 2008 08:16:07 EDT Shares of solar companies bucked the broader market to surge higher on Thursday as investors reacted to upbeat news for the sector. Shares of Chinese solar power provider Solarfun Power Holdings Co. Ltd. soared after the company said Thursday its fourth-quarter profit soared to 66.4 million yuan ($9.1 million) from 29.5 million yuan in the year-ago quarter, beating Wall Street estimates. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080327/sector-snap-solar-companies-surge.htm Thu, 27 Mar 2008 14:08:59 EDT Solar-power stocks were split Wednesday afternoon as investors weighed a mixed bag of earnings news from China Sunergy Co. and general wariness about risky stocks after a weak durable-goods orders report. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080326/closing-glance-solar-stocks-mixed.htm Wed, 26 Mar 2008 16:11:05 EDT